# Senior Data Engineer

**Company:** [Forge](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/forge)
**Location:** New York, NY, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Data Engineering
**Salary:** $110k – $130k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, C#, Java, Python, Postgres, SQL, AWS, Git, GitHub, Jira, CI/CD, Kafka, medallion architecture
**Posted:** 2026-07-21

> Senior Data Engineer building and maintaining a high-quality data platform to deliver Forge's private market data to internal and external clients. Requires 5+ years experience with OOP languages, Python, SQL, AWS, and modern data architectures; financial services background preferred.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and deliver high-quality software solutions
- Implement software solutions in line with provided estimates and requirements
- Stay current with the latest trends and technologies in data engineering and advocate for appropriate adoption
- Implement new features, maintain existing functionality, and perform code reviews, unit testing, and production deployments using Agile methodologies
- Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to ensure requirements are well defined and delivered in a timely manner

## Qualifications
- 3–5+ years of development experience using object-oriented languages such as TypeScript, C#, or Java
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python for data-related tasks
- Familiarity with modern data architectures (e.g., Medallion Architecture, data lakes)
- Experience in Private Markets or Financial Services, specifically working with financial market data
- Proven experience setting up CI/CD pipelines, managing data orchestration, application deployments, and ensuring code quality
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to take features from planning through deployment, including hands-on backend and frontend development
- Proficiency in databases such as PostgreSQL and strong SQL skills
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS (or equivalent like Azure or GCP)
- Extensive experience with version control systems such as Git and platforms like GitHub
- Familiarity with Agile project management tools such as JIRA or similar tools

## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience migrating systems from legacy architectures to modern tech stacks
- Knowledge of real-time data processing and event-driven architectures using technologies such as WebSockets or Kafka
- Experience leading offshore and nearshore engineering teams
- Experience using large language models and agentic workflows

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